Broom-corn seeding, booting, and cleaning machine.



G. H. PALLADY. BROOM CORN SEEDING, BOOTING, AND CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOII. 4| I9l2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,wAsHlNG1oN. D. cA

G; H. PALLADY. BROOM CORN SEEDING, BOOTING, AND CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FIL-ED NOV. 4| 1912. n

Patented Aug. 10,` 1915.

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W ININ wx 'IWW k I! MND WfT/VZS G. H. PALLADY.

BROOM CORN SEEDING, BOOTING, AND CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1912.

' Patented Aug. 1o, 1915.

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GEORGE n. ramener, or enteraron, iowa.

`Maiori-ot)au snnnfivejgeoorme, ANnfonuANrINe insomnie Liesbet.

y Specificationtof LettersPatent.

meenten Aug. fio, i915,

Appucaunaied November 4, 1912. seriaino. 729,467;

To all whom it may conce/riz i Be it known that fl, Gnonon H. PALLADY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident/of Allerton, in the county`of Vxlayne andState of Iowa, have iiu-'ented a 'new-and usefulBroom-Corn Seeding, Booting, and Cleaning Machine, of which lthefollowing is a specification. f y

yMy invention relates to that class of machines which arek employed Vtoyprepare A broom-corn stalks for the market and which proveinentsmachines free thestalks from the seed; on the heads thereof, remove theboots, leaves, dust, smut and lint, and otherwise act onthe corn torender it salable.

The principal end v[and object ofthe `invention is to generally improvetheconstruction and increase the capacity, utility and efficiency ofmachinesof this character. More 4specifically sta-ted, however, theimare directed toward-first: thoroughly and cleanly removing the seedfrom the brush, leavingk `it insuch condition that ino re-cleanino, orhand-cleaning.y such as has heretofore been required, will be necessary;second: providing a stalk-recutting knife orlsickle to sever the buttsyat predetermined and suitable lengths; third: oroviding means `forloosening` the boots and leaves from the lower portions of lthestalks-an operation which has yheretofore been manually accomplished 'atlgreat eX pense; fourth: rproviding subsidiary 4boot and leafy looseningand removing means which act on the stalks after they have passedthrou-ghand `from the primary means for'elfecting this object, wherebysaid use less and objectionable portions may be easily shaken out; fth:`providing novel means forremovingthe dust, lint and smut, and, -inconnection therewith, to separate the seed therefrom and discha'rge'itinto a suitable receiver alongside the machine, the objectionablematterbeing suckedA or blown from the 'machine and where it will not beinhaled by the operator;` siXtlr: the `prof-V vision of novelcombinations of elements and devices for carrying out the `aboverecited, as wellas'minor objects, part of which will be VspecificallypointedA out and Apart is obvious. l

' For the purpose of illustrating my inventi on .l have shown in thedrawingsforming part hereofthat structure `which is now preferred by me,since the same has been foundl A`in *practice* togive'satisfactoryrvresults. `Howevenit is tofbe understood that theseveral \instrumentalities o'fwh'ch "the invention "consists may beAvariously constructed, arranged and organized, and that l do notvconternplateithe scope oiffmy invcntio'n'as limited to thestructure,arrangement, or structural details shown and der scribed, but considerit ascoveiing allsu'ch changes as fairly fall within the general ideathereof, considered in its broadest aspect. f

'In said drawings, 'Figure l is 'a sectional vie\v,'ta'ken 'in the planeof the =line`-1``l in Fig. y3; Fig 2, a *front elevation, a 'few of "theparts shown in section; Fig. 3,-fan.

elevation, seen from the right hand side; f

Fig. l, lanelevation, partly in section, seen from the left hand side;and Fig. 5, -a rear elevation, a few of the parts in sec-tion. Y

'Coming now to a detailed v`-de'script`io-n of the drawings,-1, 2, Sand4 designate corner posts; et and 5, forward transverse lframe bars; 6and like reary frame ba'if-s;` 8, 9, right-hand side frame bars; and'llOand '11, left-hand sidefframe bars. These are 'suitably connected.

13, 13 are brackets having 'shaft 'bearings lll. 15 isa rforwardtransverse supporting bar fixed on said brackets.

i6 designates a combing or deseedingcyl# inder fixed on ashaft V17'journaled in'bean ings 18, 19, fthe latter depending from/the top ofthemachine. Saidfshaft-is driven by a pulley 26a. Said cylinder 'fis'provided with teeth 2l, but in order that these may remove the Lseedin-'a more effective mafnne'r lowerfcylinder, Q2, which is v/fiXed on af shaft A 23 mounted in bearings 2l, Qifand isip'rd vided with teeth 26.Alpulley 217 drivesfthe shaft 23 in a direction contrary to'that of l fthe shaft 17, and on its innerend said shaft 2 3 `carries 'and' drivesIa bevel pinion l520 `which'meshes vwith and drives a like wheel 2SfiXedon a shaft 29 on theouterend. of which tis fixed a pinion 30 whichAmeshes with-aflspui' `wheelBl secured-'cna shaft 32 seated in'suitablebearings onfth'e frame. l

33: is i partition secured at its 'upper lend or edge to the'top (which,because it' would obscure many offfthefparts if "shown, has

been omitted)V and its lower edge to one of a pair of bearing-bars 34,the front ends of which aresecured to the transverse bar4. 35 is asprocket wheel fixed on theshaft '32and is geared tov alike 'wheel 36 bymeans of a sprocket chain 37. 38 is anl vidler traversed by said fcha'n.

Vwith anddrives ya like spur 45 fixed on a shaft V46 .journaled inabearing 47 in the bar 42and in a-bearing 48 provided by av bearingstandard 49 extendingA from the bar 7. w 56 is a corrugatedroller fixedon the shaft 46, and it, together with thek roller 43, con- Y stitutefinishing rollers for loosening and cutting 'off any portion of theboots and leaves which might have adhered to the main stalks after theirprimary treatments or operation, which will be presently described, andespecially those boots which grow to the mid-portionofthe stalk, itbeing that portion which is engaged by the feed-chainand which passesbetween the deseeding and the booting cylinders, considered as pairs.V v

50 indicates a pulley fixed on the shaft 32 and by a belt 53 drivesvasimilar pulley 51 fixed on a shaft 52 journaled in bearings 53', 54,Fig. 2. Fixed on said shaft are toothed feed-wheels 55. l Y v 562Lkdesignates a sprocket wheel fixed on the inner endlof `the shaft 32-and is embraced by and drives the rear flight of a toothed feedchain 57,thev forward portion of which embraces a similar wheel 58 fixed on ashaft 59 journaled in bearings 60 in supporting brackets V61 fixed onthe bars 4 and 15. A chain 62 embraces a sprocket wheel 63 fixed on saidshaft 59 and drives a similar wheel 64 fixed ona shaft 65 mounted inbearings in thebrackets 61. Said shaft 65 drives pulleys 66 which arefixed thereon, and they in turn drive belts 67 which impart movement toyfollower pulleys 68k fixed'thereon, and impart like movement s to apulley 69 which by a longer feed belt 70 drives a pulley 71.

. 72 indicatesa diagonally arranged shaft mounted in bearings 73,74 onthe frame, and is driven by a pulley 75 on its outer end.

. `On the inner end of said shaft is fixed a. Y bevel pinion 76 whichdrives a like one 77 fixed on` a transversely arranged shaft 78 mountedin bearings `79, 79a, 79h. On 'the outer end of said shaft 78 is fixed asprocket wheel 80V which drives a chain v81 which actuates a sprocket 82xed on a shaft 83 mounted in bearings 84, the inner one of .65 which isobscured from view. 91 is anidler v The wheel 36 is Y fixed on `a shaft39 journaled inibearings 40,.,

sprocket. A bevel pinion 85 is fixed on said,

shaft 83 and meshes with and drives a like one 86 xed on a diagonallyarranged shaft meshes with a like one 92 fixed on a shaft 93 journaled`in bearings 94, 95, the Vformer fixed to afstanda'rd 9 6 and the latterto the top. Boot and leaf loosening and stripping cylinders 97, 98 arefixed on the shafts 87 and 93." It is so evident that their teeth mightbe omitted, if desired, that I have not deemed it necessary toencumber-the Vdrawings with'an illustration of toothless which issecured a fan 105 working in a housing 106 communicating with an air.-spout 107. Said belt traverses also an idler 108. v

Fixed on the shaft 78 is a pulley 109 which drives a belt 110 whichactuates a pulley 111 fixed on a shaft 112 mounted in bearings in therear or upper end of an elevator spout 117 one side of which is open asshown at 113, Fig. 3, to permit the dust,y

lint, chaff and smut to be blown out thereof by the fan 105. lA narrowstrip 114 is securedv along the lower edge of the spout 117 in orderthat the seed may be retained therein. These are carried ona belt 115having 'transversely arranged slats 116, which belt is driven by apulleyon the shaft 112 and traverses also a pulley 119 mounted on a shaft 118seated in suitable bearings in the lower portionV of a housing 120 whichcommunicates with a large .inclined pan 121 which constitutes' a floorfor the left hand side portion of the machine and onto which the seedand the objectionable matter removed by the cylinders 16 and 22 fall.

. 123 `and 124 are frame-standards.

125 is a plate fixed onthe side of` the frame and constitutes bothasupport for the housings and aside wall for a portion of ythe machine.

126 is another plate, which completes the Vside wall or inclosingshield.

30 i y through the bevel gear 76, 77 to the shaft thepbrush or headofthestalkinoves, and v135,136'are'guides:forthebutts.V 'Y 'f j The manner ofoperation will now be described. Assume stalks of broom-:cornstoplacedon the lloe'ltsf67.2V Thepulley Q7` willl impartmotion tothesliaft123, thence to the f kbevel;gears 20, 2l8-to rotatethesli'aft29to if 136 and is held down by the guides 34. lThe thusimpart like movement .to the `pi`1'ifion80, which will actuate the spur31 inthe contrary direction vto' vimpart its `movement' to the shaft732land. 'drive the procket 56 and chain 57 and thereby thesprocket 58andshaft 59,' andl the'k latter will impart like'nioveinent to the sprocket68, chain 62, wheel 64 and shaft 65 which imparts `mov/ement to thepulleys 66 andtherebyto the feed'belts 67,. 70 which will carry thestalks forwardly to the toothed feed-chain 57 whichi'no'v'es it onwardto thefeed-wheels 255 which force it into and hold it in"engagenientw'vith said chain in theusual mannerthereof, n' At this time'the coin "is" passing over the" yfloor y185,

sickle 100 having been adjusted on the shaft l823 by means of theset-screw 99to cut the butts at a predetermined -place, whereby theuseful portions willbe of practically uniform lengths, will,befoperated' as follows: Movement being imparted lto the pulley 75 bythe belt 140 is imparted to the shaft 72 78 and ythence to sprocket 80,chain 8l, sprocket 82 and shaft y88 to impart rotary movement to saidknife or sickle. The butts of the stalks which project at the right ofthe guides 34 will ybe caught by rthe booting .cylinders 97 and 98 andthe boots and leaves l.

thereof will be stripped off thereby. It will be manifest that thediagonal placement of said cylinders yprovides for the cleaning ofeither long or yshort butts, depending upon the placement or adjustmentof the sickle. Said cylinders are actuated as follows: Said shaft 83imparts movement to the bevel gear 85, 86 which rotates thek shaft 87which carries the spur 90 which meshes with the spur.

Y ing the kmore widely spaced ones-the seed will be yscraped or strippedoff therefrom in the ordinarymanner and with `theusual 4degree ofefficiency. ,It is quiterprobable, however, that someof the seed willescape removal, but ythese will be ycaught and scraped olf by thecloser-set teeth at the rear ends of the cylinders, whereby theheretofore expensive necessity of manualre-clean- 'ing is -obv'iated Asthe corn is carried onward the vstalks ywilll pass tthrough thecorrugated rollers 43 and 16, and these willc'rush and 'cutoff the few'yleaves and boots which r'e'inain attached 'after the stalks have beenactedlon `by the vtv'ofsets of" cylinders.

These 1rollersare actuated as yfollows:` The shaft 32 drives thesprocket 35, chain 37, sprocket l3,6 yand shaft 39 to rotate the spur 44which ywill impart its motion to the rollerV 18, and simultaneously saidspur willinipart contrary movement to the-spur aiid thereby to theroller-#16. Y' Theseedfand other inatter knocked andtorn oiffby thecylinders`16 and `22 will fall onto the inclined pawn 121,

andthe agitation of the running machine l willcause it to gravitatethereover andy fall upon the belt lland be carried upward by the'slatsl'ld Said belt is actuated *was followsi. The shaft 78 being'inoperation as earlier herein described, it willfdrive `the 'pulley l109,belt 110,"pulley 111 and shaftll2` and-thereby said belt 115. The shaft78 imparts movement to the pulley 101, thence to belt 102 which drivespulley 103 to impart rotary movementfto shaft 104- and thereby tothe fan105, whereby a current of air is forced `thro-ugh the spout 107, and, assaid spout communicates with the spout 117, it will act onl theascending chaff, smut, lint and other light substances, which will beblown outthereby through the open side 113 ofy thev last recited spout,while the seed, be-

cause of their weight, will not be blown out,

butwill be carried upward in an evident manner Vand dumped into thedischarge Y spout 113, said seed being prevented by the strip 114. fromfalling out of said open side'.v

The main driving belt 140, a fragment of which is shown, derives motionfrom any suitable source and transmits it to the driving pulleys in thedirection indicated by the arrow.

Having thus set forth the nature of my .invention, and having stated itsobjects, purposes and advantages, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent the following', namely:

1. In a broom-corn machine of the class described, co-actingseed-stripping cylinders, `co-acting cylinders for removing the bootsfrom the butts ofthe broom-corn stalks, and co-acting corrugatedfinishing rollers for removing the boots from the midlength portion ofthe stalks.

2. In a broom-corn machine of the class ,y

described, co-acting seed-stripping cylinders, coacting finishingrollers for removing the boots from the midlength portions of thel,

moving the boots fromthe midlength portions of the stalks,` means forfeedingfthe corn to both of the recited mechanisms. l

Combined inv a broom-corn machine of the class described, means forstripping the seed from the heads, means for cutting olf y the butts,co-acting'finishingrollers fory ref' n moving the boots from themidlengthportions of the stalks; and means for removing theboots fromthe endk portions ofthe remaining stalks.

5. Combined ina broom-corn machine of the class described, meansforstripping' thev seed.v from the heads; means for removing the boots fromthe end portionsof the stalks,A

and corrugated means for loosening; and

.cleaning theY boots fromthe midlength por- Y 1 tionsy of the stalks. YY

6. Combined. in a broom-corn machine of kthe classdescribed, meansforstrippingthe seed from kthe headsymeans'for severing the butt endsofthestalks,meansfor removing f d the .boots from thennseveredsendportions of thestalks, and means for loosening` the boots from theAmidlength portions of the Y stalksg 7. Combined in a broom-corn machineof the :class descr1bed5-means Vfor stripping the seed from the heads,means for removing the ,Y

boots from the end portions. of the stalks,

and means,- 'for loosening the Vboots troml those portionsVV of thestalks Whichare not acted on by the-recited means. v

- In Witness whereof IV hereunto sign my name inpresence of twosubscribing Wit-` s nesses. iY Y t L l o l Y s 'j f 1 GEORGE PALLADYFERNYATES, i

-WEBB A. HERLocKEn i s 'Washingtoln IXO,

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